rut

noun

1. a groove, furrow, or track, esp. one made in the ground by the passage of wheeled vehicles
2. a fixed, routine course of action, thought, etc., esp. one regarded as monotonous

transitive verb rutted, rutting

noun

1. the periodic sexual excitement, or heat, of certain mammals: applied esp. to males, often specif. to those male ruminants in which it occurs once a year
2. the period during which this occurs

intransitive verb rutted, rutting